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  1. Letter from Bridges, Jeannette "Nettie" Drysdale

    longer than 3 weeks at a time though. Met a lot of V.A.Ds and sisters there that I knew including Marion ... as I want to do some shopping. I heard when I was in London at the Emigration Office that officers ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

  2. Letter from Trotter, Bernard Freeman

    attend meals and be in bed by eleven. Between times we follow our own sweet will. To-day as it is bleak ... Farmer. In the course of conversation it developed further that he was at that time connected with the ... has settled there. Well, my dear ones, I must stop, as the time for collection of letters has arrived. ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:20pm

  3. Letter from McLellan, William John

    Section came in for a rough time. Norm Rusk, the fellow I was at the Crops Sniping School with was killed. ... too in the Section. I guess we moved out at a good time altho' I never hear of any of the fellows ... I haven't been in any one place long enough to have any catch me up. I had some mail forwarded to Fred ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:41am

  4. Letter from Duke, Lancelot de Sausmarez

    enclosed envelope. I did my 1st patrol today. the first since I’ve been out this time: new fellows coming ... 2 hours (the regular time). We went 9 miles over into Hunland in search of Boche machines. this being our ... catch them- “Archie” was as good as ever and it was very strange being archied again after being away ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 3:08pm

  5. Letter from Irwin, Harold Lawrence

    a room together near the Station as I expected to catch the early morning train but decided afterwards ... again in a short time. Poor fellow he certainly is cut up, he was wrapped up in Florence, and they both ... had been planning so much for the time when they’d be in Canada, from what I’ve heard of her and seen ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:14pm

  6. Letter from Beames, Henry Denys

    in a few days now. I haven’t been so completely happy about anything for ages and it is nearly time ... I had to put aside, but it will catch the morning mail and ask forgiveness because I’ve been so darn ... navigation, special signals gen’ and the inevitable cockpit drill till bed time. I got some link flying in ...

    Editor - Feb 25 2023 - 6:51am

  7. Letter from Stubbs, Robin Anthony

    days leave. It was to start Saturday but I just managed to catch the 3:00 train on Friday and spent one ... about four days a week but even when home spends a very great deal of his time in his ‘office’ on the ... it which takes a good deal of time. So far she has got a third and a fourth place in the two show she ...

    Editor - May 20 2023 - 7:50am

  8. Letter from Stubbs, Robin Anthony

    the time should pass very quickly. I don’t expect to have much difficulty with any of the courses—the ... only catch being the tremendous volume of work that must be covered. We have to memorize a lot of ... 6 and I made only 1 error. I’ve had 4 link lessons now and only 2 more to come. Next time I have all the ...

    Editor - Jun 12 2023 - 6:22am

  9. Letter from Bell, William Robert

    Jim" [his brother, who is just finishing his air crew training in Edmonton]. I guess by the time you ... receive this he'll be sporting his observer's wings back home. I hope he has a good time on his ... leave so he'll be able to really find out what a good time is when he gets leave over here. ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 6:13pm

  10. Letter from Cobourg World

    good shape now, so I will try and catch up with my letter writing as I have a bunch, to do. Well, cheer ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:55pm